Colombia

Slowing growth across much of Latin America this year has led multinationals to seek new pockets of opportunity in the region. Given that Colombia has been one of the few markets to outperform in Latin America this year, many multinationals…

The European Central Bank (ECB) is ready to “step up the pressure” in its deflation battle, said ECB President Mario Draghi addressing the Euro Banking Congress in Frankfurt on Friday. According to the Wall Street Journal, ECB is ready to expand its…

Premier Li Keqiang delivered a speech to 1,000 business leaders at the World Economic Forum last week with the message that the China market is still open to foreign investors, according to an article in Bloomberg Businessweek. However, FSG’s Senior Analyst…

Declining oil production is a dark cloud that looms over the long-term sustainability of Colombia’s economic growth. The Latin American country’s oil output has experienced a significant downturn in 2014. In the first seven months of the year, production averaged 979…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Colombia held first-round presidential elections in late May, and while Uribe-backed opposition candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga came out ahead of incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos, neither candidate came close to garnering 50% of the vote,…

Multinationals have for years considered Colombia one of the safest long-term bets in Latin America, but over the last several months a more negative picture of the country has emerged. Colombia, much like other emerging market countries, has faced weakening external…

Despite general optimism at the opportunities provided by the new US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, FSG clients have reported unwelcome delays and roadblocks in efforts to take advantage of the agreement, as noted in our recent Quarterly Market Review of Colombia.…